Borrowed fromAncient Greekστίχος(stíkhos,“line, row, verse”). Akin toστείχω(steíkhō,“I go”).
stich (pluralstichs)
- (obsolete) A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse ofScripture.
- A part of a line of poetry, especially in thedistichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts.
- (obsolete) A row, line, or rank of trees.
stich (pluralstiches)
- Obsolete form ofstitch.
- Misspelling ofstitch.
stich (third-person singular simple presentstiches,present participlestiching,simple past and past participlestiched)
- Obsolete form ofstitch.
- Misspelling ofstitch.
stich
- singularimperative ofstechen
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈs̠tix/
stich
- second-personsingularpresentimperative ofstëchen
FromProto-Germanic*stīgaz. Cognate withGermanSteig. For the Mooring plural form comparetwich.
stich m (plural(Föhr-Amrum)stiigeror(Mooring)steege)(Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)
- path,lane,alley(small way)
- road(way of any size outside a settlement)
